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Hot Karl Marx posted:Basically yes Right on. That’s.. cool.
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Chichevache posted:What's the flag for people that want to gently caress but no one wants to gently caress them? A CS degree?
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Your daily dose of Joe Biden loving sucks news https://twitter.com/gijoeyjoejoe/status/1134096510210068481?s=21
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was this posted yet World Populace Actually Fine With Rich People Dying On Mount Everest
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Hegel Exercises posted:Your daily dose of Joe Biden loving sucks news I can understand people thinking Warren was dumb because of gramma told us we were part native thing and going on about it for decades but this should be making those same people furious on a whole new level and it seems like they don't care because he's the dem chosen one this time. Bernie would be crucified if it turned or he had been lying about marching back then but mr touchy feely gets a pass?
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Nostalgia4Dogges posted:was this posted yet I thought The Onion was satire? E: It's pretty crazy that it's a serious problem that the summit is polluted with trash and dead bodies you can't remove.
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Not sure if GBS still has the seasonal Everest thread but those were always great Especially that one year following the Canadian woman who had sherpas haul a banner with a photo of her to base camp. Ended up dying of her own hubris, amongst other factors like being the first client for a new company I just don’t get why it’s still such a thing. Do rich challenge chasers just really need a story to tell at fancy dinner parties? There’s so many other mountains, both easier and much harder (K2). Never mind much cheaper. Nostalgia4Dogges fucked around with this message at 00:25 on Jun 4, 2019 |
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Jun 4, 2019 00:18
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is there an Everest thread this year? i'll read through it, those are a hoot
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The Everest threads are to GBS what the CE threads are to GiP. 👏🏿
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GBS Everest Thread. Currently at 37 pages
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GBS does have an Everest thread. I lurk but it's pretty tame this year
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LtCol J. Krusinski posted:The Everest threads are to GBS what the CE threads are to GiP. 👏🏿 also the game thread but yea 100%
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What’s the game thread? Just random video game chat?
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basically, its usually near the top of my bookmarks so i figured it got traffic, usually under ce and nondrunk chat
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The good everest thread is the GBS everest thread from a few years ago that moved to Take A Hike and just kept on going without the annual influx of outraged white knights lining up to defend the honor of rich tourists who died while making hilariously stupid choices
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Nostalgia4Dogges posted:Not sure if GBS still has the seasonal Everest thread but those were always great The thing that made that story sad for me is that the lady was like solidly middle class wasn't she? She had to save for years and crowd funded it cause it was just her dream to climb the dang mountain or something
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Sadness is anyone continuing to go there at all after the mountain demonstrated its absolute contempt for mankind by capriciously murking Ueli Steck, the undisputed G.O.A.T. of alpining. Everest killed a dude who free climbed the north face of the Eiger in 3 hours and people still look at that and say "hold my beer". shame on an IGA fucked around with this message at 01:00 on Jun 4, 2019 |
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/\ Steck tempted fate, it bit him in the rear end. That's just life sometimes. Gonna bookmark that for later. Nepal should charge a $250k deposit per head in the event a person dying up there. Use the money to equip and pay sherpas better to go up the mountain with empty packs and down with trash and body parts. Live, and you get your deposit back. Die, and the sherpas can have legal authority to chop your body down for easier transport. No normal person can afford to go to Everest, base camp alone is out of reach of most, unless you're living out your last days on credit and cancer. I wish more rich people would tackle K2 or Annapurna, those mountains crave blood and I'm fine with feeding them the wealthy. CRUSTY MINGE fucked around with this message at 01:05 on Jun 4, 2019 |
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imo the validation stamp for everest permits should be stored at the summit of K2
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shame on an IGA posted:imo the validation stamp for everest permits should be stored at the summit of K2 absolutely brilliant
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shame on an IGA posted:imo the validation stamp for everest permits should be stored at the summit of K2 omg yes
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https://twitter.com/oldtiredfeminis/status/1135567904659972096 John McCain never died, he just moved into Trump's worm-riddled brain and is living there rent free.
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I went through a phase where I devoured climbing poo poo. I remember some doc with a pro climber, and this always stuck with me- "You plan birthday parties on Everest. You die on K2.", or something very much to that effect. Yep, I'm good watching poo poo in 4k and eating Smores.
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My pops, I think, has made his peace with not climbing Everest. He's climbed all the other highest mountains on the other continents except Antarctica and is content repeatedly going to Nepal every couple years and climbing stuff like Mera Peak and Himlung Himal as parts of longer treks. E: which is good, because I like my dad and would rather not get a phone call one day about how he died waiting in line. FAUXTON fucked around with this message at 02:05 on Jun 4, 2019 |
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I really enjoy that fact that Everest is so well mapped out and well traveled, but people still manage to die like idiots while paying a bunch of money for the privilege.
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Put a guillotine at the top
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TF CURES GENERATOR posted:Put a guillotine at the top
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Everest is nature's guillotine.
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ded posted:I really enjoy that fact that Everest is so well mapped out and well traveled, but people still manage to die like idiots while paying a bunch of money for the privilege. The season is short and weather can still hit you out of nowhere. If your Sherpa says you need to get off the mountain, even if you're 100 feet from the top, get off the mountain.
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I'd be content just to go trekking in the area. Less money and less chance of dying in a freak accident.
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ded posted:I really enjoy that fact that Everest is so well mapped out and well traveled, but people still manage to die like idiots while paying a bunch of money for the privilege. I mean they’re still traversing janky ladder bridges and such But mostly it’s people being told by sherpas “we need to turn around or we will die” and them going “I paid all this money and came all this way, onward!” Hell I’d wager most deaths are in the dead zone on the way back Casimir Radon posted:I'd be content just to go trekking in the area. Less money and less chance of dying in a freak accident. Most people won’t settle for less but apparently just going to base camp and exploring the surrounding areas/trails is an awesome experience
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The southeast route on Everest is a relatively easy climb now, its just that between the altitude and environment, you have virtually no margin for error. By just getitng to Camp IV you're in the death zone. Storm comes in early? Dead. HAPE/HACE? Dead. Can't get back down the Hillary Step? Dead.
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Proud Christian Mom posted:The southeast route on Everest is a relatively easy climb now, its just that between the altitude and environment, you have virtually no margin for error. By just getitng to Camp IV you're in the death zone. Storm comes in early? Dead. HAPE/HACE? Dead. Can't get back down the Hillary Step? Dead. According to the Everest thread, the Hillary step isn't there anymore- demolished in a quake.
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Nostalgia4Butts posted:basically, its usually near the top of my bookmarks so i figured it got traffic, usually under ce and nondrunk chat Almost 15 years in and I still don't bookmark threads.
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bulletsponge13 posted:I went through a phase where I devoured climbing poo poo. I remember some doc with a pro climber, and this always stuck with me- Speaking of K2, I didn't know someone finally did a descent on skis from the summit last year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZRqeRRik8c I was expecting a dumb, insane extreme sport kind of thing, with a guy barreling down at breakneck speed, but it's mostly him gradually sliding down, looking like he's going "oh gently caress oh gently caress oh gently caress," and even that is still insanely dangerous and borderline suicidal. 3 and a half days to ascend, 7 hours to come down.
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EBB posted:Almost 15 years in and I still don't bookmark threads. I just started doing it like a year ago
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